Method of constructing wire fence



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W. M. HYDE.

METHOD OF GONSTRUGTING WIRE FENCE.

No. 399,267. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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l ArnNT OFFICE.

WESLEY M. HYDE, OE YOlfNGSTOlVN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHX ERVEX JOHNSTON, OF MEADE CENTER, KAXSAS.

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING WlRE. FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,267, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed September 27,1888. Serial No. 286,510. No modeh Be it known that: I, WESLEY M. llylln, of Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning' and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Method of Constructing \V ire Fence; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a new method of constructing wire fence oi? the variety having cross-wires secured to the .t'ence-wires by means of locki ng' plates or washers at the dilj fcrent crossin ot the wires.

My improved method consists, essentially, first, in erim pin g or bendin g transversely such plates or washers to such extent as will allow the wires to cross each other without bending,

the respective crossing-wires being on opposite sides of the plates or washers; second, at one operation straighteningsuch plates or;

l 5, and r; are details .l. The plates or washers are bent or crimped transversely either on one line, as shown in Fig. 3, or on two lines and in reverse direction, as shown. in Figs. 2 and i. In either case the crimping is snllieicnt to allow the wires when applied to opposite sides of the plates to cross each other without bending, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and f. The plates after crimping are applied to the fence-wires and the cross-wires are placed in position. Next suitable swages for instance, such as shown in Fig". (iare held on opposite sides of the plates (l, and by means of pressure or a sharp blow applied to the swages the plates are straightened and the wires kinked, so as to interlock, as shown in Fig. \V hen wires are first kinked and then straightened, they are liable to break, especiall y the fence-wires that are under strain. \Yith my improved method the wires are sligl-itly kinked and left in this position, and therefore are not liable to be broken.

The plates are crimped in a machine at a tri tlin g expense, and the cross-wires and plates are easily and quickly assembled on the fence, and a single blow is sufficient to straighten the plates and kink the wires.

\Vhatl claim is- The method herein described of construct.- ing wire fence, consisting in first; crimping the locking-plates and assembling the parts, and. secondly, in simultaneously straightening or 1 flattening the locking-plates and kinking the the cross-wires, and (7 the locking plates or washers for scanning the cross'wires. shown, the cross-wires may be arranged in position oblique or at right angles to the fencewires. The securing-plates may be substantially round washers, or may be square or rectangular, as may be preferred, and differ ent forms may be used on the same fence to give va1'-ietyi;orinstance, as shown in Fig.

W ESLEY M. ll Y DE.

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